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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; American Independent Cinema</title>
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		<title>Phill Hall on THE HISTORY OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA III</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Independent Cinema]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Classic Movies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]></category>
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  Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Phil Hall Interview: Part I
Phil Hall Interview: Part II
What have been the top foreign influences on American independent filmmaking?
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and the European avant-garde films of the 1920s were a huge influence on U.S. underground filmmakers. The Italian neo-realism in the post-World War II era had a strong impact, primarily because it enabled filmmakers to adopt an obvious low-budget approach &#8212; with the caveat that the film was appropriately gritty enough to warrant the glamour-free style.
The 1962 Italian feature Mondo Cane helped to inaugurate the shockumentary filmmaking school that is still with us. More recently, the Dogme school of filmmaking had a flurry of [...]]]></description>
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